>Hi. >I thought I'd share this interesting site with everyone on the List: >The Bureau of Land Management - Eastern United States, General Land Office >(1820-1908) >Land Patent Records Site for the following States: >AL/AR/FL/IN/LA/MI/MN/MS/MO/OH/WI >Just visit the following site: www.glorecords.blm.gov > <A HREF="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/">BLM - ES, GLO Records - Home</A> >To search land patents, enter your local postal code: The postal code >information is for demographic purposes only >For example, I chose Indiana, and entered "Shaw" chose a "Genealogical >Search," and it returned 20 hits. Select one of the highlighted hits, and it >will show you the information. You can also view a scanned image of the >original document takes a few minutes, but worth the wait. You can also download and print out the document as well. Or you can send $2.00 (yes, that's TWO DOLLARS) to the BLM and they'll send a certified copy on parchment for you to add to your family file. Regards, Byron Bray [email protected] Proud Rootsweb Donor Vice-President, Linn Genealogical Society Linn County, Oregon LGS website: www.rootsweb.com/~orlinngs/ ICQ number: 8223914 AIM handle: Byroji Listowner: BOVEE-L list ([email protected]) COVERT-L list ([email protected]) Researching: BOVEE, BOICE, BRAY, CARD, FLAGLER, FULLER, GRANT, HASKINS, SIMPSON, VAN AUKEN, WALKER